Battlegroup Kursk 1

Battlegroup Kursk – capsule review

Battlegroup Kursk 

Originally posted on Facebook but repeated here, since I intend to do blogpost on the first Battlegroup Kursk game I played later.

The Good:

• It’s quite simple to use models based for Flames of War (FoW) with the Battleground Kursk (BGK) rules.
• You get a variable number of orders each turn and can use reactions orders during the opponent’s turn
• Area Fire & Pinning: all units can either use Area Fire (to pin) or Aimed Fire (to kill) and pinning the enemy has a direct influence on the outcome of the game.
• Artillery can be bought as on board units or off board units. It is also possible to buy timed and/or preregistered bombardments and air strikes.
• Supporting units such as Forward Observers, ambulances, dispatch riders, etc. have an important role to play.
• Morale: both unit and battlegroup (army) morale are nicely done and the latter even slightly simulates fog of war.

The Bad:

• The term “unit” is not defined in the rules but has to be inferred from examples.
• You need to keep track of ammo for all armoured vehicles, split between AP and HE.
• The army lists are not the clearest and they only cover the troops that fought at Kursk.

The Ugly:
Nothing so far.